Albert B. White

Albert Blakeslee White ( born September 22, 1856 in Cleveland, Ohio; † July 3, 1941 in Parkersburg, West Virginia ) was an American politician and from 1901 to 1905, the eleventh governor of the state of West Virginia.

Early years and political rise

Albert White attended the public schools in Columbus and then to 1878, Marietta College. He was then working as a journalist. He was owner and publisher of a newspaper in Lafayette ( Indiana), before the Parkersburg State Journal published after his move to Parkersburg in West Virginia 1883-1889.

For the first time politically in appearance White resigned as campaign manager for U.S. Senator Stephen Benton Elkins. In 1889, White was appointed by U.S. President Benjamin Harrison appointed head of the Federal Tax Authority in West Virginia. 1897 President William McKinley confirmed him in this office. In 1900 he was nominated by the Republican Party as a candidate for the upcoming gubernatorial election, he decided to Democrat John H. Holt with 53.8 percent of the vote.

Governor of West Virginia

After the election victory White resigned on March 4, 1901 to his four -year term. He sat down for a particular tax reform. His goal was to raise taxes on the industry and entrepreneurs. Despite the protest of these groups and some related control laws were enacted in July 1904. At that time the post of Commissioner of Taxes ( Tax Commissioner) was created, whose task it was to ensure that all property values ​​were estimated tax correctly. White also supported the control of food, environmental protection, electoral reform and the monitoring of railway tariffs.

Further CV

At the end of his tenure, he was from 1907 to 1909 even tax Officer, that position was first created in his tenure. He was also in the banking and insurance industry operates and member of the Board of Education of the State of West Virginia. In 1916 he applied unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for election to the U.S. Senate. Between 1921 and 1925 he was again head of the Federal Tax Authority of West Virginia; In 1927 he was elected to the State Senate, where he remained until 1931. After he retired from politics. He died ten years later in Parkersburg. Albert White was married to Agnes Ward, with whom he had five children.